quiff

Apr. 9th, 2009 07:16 am
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quiff - n., a hairstyle with a forelock brushed up from the forehead. n., a woman, esp. one regarded as promiscuous.


Done as two entries because they really are separately created words, though both are "uncertain origin". It wouldn't surprise me though if there isn't a root of a medieval slang word for female genitalia in the second sense, even if it's formally attested only from the 1920s. The hairstyle dates from the 1890s -- think Tintin, or certain pompadour styles.

---L.
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